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Guidance: Settlement – Gurkhas discharged prior to 1997: caseworker guidance

Uk Visas Immigration

November 7
14:56 2024

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UK Visas and Immigration guidance for staff covering the following people:

  • a Gurkha who was discharged prior to 1 July 1997
  • family members of a Gurkha discharged prior to 1 July 1997
  • widows and orphans of a Gurkha discharged prior to 1 July 1997
  • adult children of former Gurkhas

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Updates to this page

Published 29 December 2017
Last updated 7 November 2024 +show all updates
  1. Updated guidance to incorporate Immigration Rules changes from 10 September 2024.

  2. Updated guidance document. New guidance accompanies changes to the immigration rules being implemented on 5 October 2023 to enable pre-97 Gurkhas and Hong Kong military veterans and their family members to apply for settlement under the immigration rules. Previously, only Gurkhas were able to apply for settlement using a leave outside the rules.

  3. PDF updated - guidance no longer requires applicants to provide DNA evidence.

  4. First published.

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